What we do

Village Invest is a crowd lending platform with a difference. We connect people like you with some of the world's poorest families. We ensure that they have the skills and support they need to use your loan to break out of poverty.
Village Invest keeps your risk low and your financial returns high.

Success

Investments

Your investments will help to build a sustainable economic future in some of the poorest areas of the world. We want to keep your investment risk low, but the social impact of your loan high. To do this we have created a comprehensive rating system that assesses each level of the lending chain and applies ratings across a range of criteria to assess transparency, governance and accountability, social inclusion, organizational effectiveness and financial discipline.

Ajijan was widowed at a young age and raised her children alone and continues to support them now. She provided the startup for her sons' business and is now looking for a loan so that they can expand their activity.

Lada Devi is a 60 year old widow. She and her husband were never well off and couldn't afford to pay their children's school fees long enough for them to finish high school. She still lives with two of her sons and they all work as farm laborers. She would like to invest in their livestock and make sure that she can start saving for her, and her children's future.

Shimla Devi and her husband husband Chandi live in a small, mud and stone house. They are looking for a loan to protect their land, help increase their profits and give them the added income they need to give their girls a better home.

Ladi lives with her husband, their children and her husband’s parents. She takes care of the whole household and is determined to provide the best possible future for all of her children. She is looking for a loan to invest in their land and cattle.

Prem Devi is illiterate and missed out on an education before getting married at the age of 18. She and her husband work several jobs. They would like a loan to expand their family business and have a more stable income.

Savitri married her husband Hira Lal when she was just 17 years old. They now have two school-aged children and she is determined to provide them with a good educaton. She is looking for a loan to set up a cosmetics shop.

Kiran cluster

The villages in Kiran cluster are dry, rocky hamlets lying south-east of Jaipur. Over the years much of the land holding has passed out of the hands of villagers to money-lenders. Most villagers are now share-croppers that receive around 50% of the value of their harvest.